Recent Streetsblog CHICAGO posts about Roscoe Village Bikes

As Illinois Troopers Crack Down on Distracted Driving, Tickets by CPD Plunge (Tribune) Woman Fatally Struck While Standing on I-294 Following Unrelated Crash (NBC) Teen Ordered Held in Crash That Killed Off-Duty Sheriff’s Deputy James G. Koch, 51 (Tribune) 25th Ward Candidates Share Views on El Paseo (Active Trans) Walking the River With 33rd Ward […]

Uber/JUMP Is Lobbying Aldermen to Vote Against the Divvy/Lyft Deal (Sun-Times) TransitCenter Looks at How the Need for Better Bus Is Influencing the Mayoral Race Sun-Times: “Cross at Your Own Risk” Warning on Bridge Is a Sign We Need a Capital Bill Passenger Killed When Driver Rear-ends Firetruck Helping With Another Crash (NBC) Taxi Driver […]

Council Votes 33-14 to Approve the $6B Lincoln Yards Project (Block Club) $95M West Side Police & Fire Academy Passes City Council (Block Club) Emanuel Introduces Ordinance Regulating “E-bikes and Mobility Devices” (Sun-Times) Development Over Tracks by Soldier Field Would Include Massive Transit Center (Tribune) Active Trans Calls on IDOT to Update Its Design Guideline […]

Trucker Who Killed Anthony Macedo, 14, and Left Scene Not Charged With Hit-and-Run (Tribune) Emmanuel Bansa, 78, Died After Crashing Into Building in Bronzeville (Sun-Times) Man Faces Reckless Homicide Charges After Police Chase Ends in Death of Girl, 2 (Sun-Times) Elmhurst Medics Will Get Around by Bike at Spring, Summer Events (Tribune) Op-ed: The Road […]

Mayoral Survivors Lightfoot and Preckwinkle Have Thrown Shade on O’Hare Express (Tribune, SBC) Affordable Housing Advocate La Spata Beats Shared-Mobility Booster Moreno in 1st Ward (Block Club) King, Who Has Blocked Car2go and Bike Lanes, Keeps Her Seat in 4th Ward (Block Club) Bike Lane Blocker Hairston Faces a Runoff With Activist William Calloway in 5th […]

Developer Promises Lincoln Yards Will Include Transpo Improvements (Sun-Times) Driver Fatally Struck Gerald Frens, 75, With Side Mirror in Elk Grove Village (Fox) Police Searching for Driver Who Struck a Pedestrian Near McCormick Place (CBS) Metra Passenger Attacked Employee in Palos Park (CBS) Cycle Smithy Is the Latest Victim in Wave of High-End Bike Theft […]

Hit-and-Run Driver Killed Roberto Cortez, 57, at High-Crash Stone Park Intersection (ABC) Police Chase Ends When Driver Slams Into Hammond Home in Fatal Crash (NBC) Pedestrian Reportedly Injured on Randolph Near State Yesterday (The Chainlink) Photos Released of Suspect in Stabbing Attack on CTA Bus in Austin (Sun-Times) Blue Line Service Suspended Between Grand and […]

Due to Cold, MED and South Shore Still Aren’t Running (Tribune) As Metra Rolls Out PTC, Commuters Could Be Confused By Delays (CBS) 10 Aldermen Oppose Lincoln Yards as Zoning Chair Pushes for Affordable Housing (Block Club) Dowell Is Warming up to New Plan for Red Line Stop at SW Corner of 15th/Clark (Crain’s) Blue […]

Governing Conducted a 6-Month Investigation of Segregation in Downstate Illinois Active Trans Has Sent a Transportation Questionnaires to Aldermanic Candidates 15 Hospitalized After Driver Strikes CTA bus at Chicago and Peoria (CBS) Metra: Rotten Beam Caused Ceiling Collapse That Injured Passenger at Union Station (CBS) Woman Charged With DUI, Homicide, After Crash That Killed Sheriff’s […]

APA Study: Public Input Had Little Influence on Divvy Station Locations (Tribune) Which Mayoral Candidates Are the Most Bike-Friendly? (The Chainlink) Woman, 96, Rescued From Car Stuck on Tracks Seconds Before Metra Train Hit It (ABC) Crews Working on I-294 After Semi-Bus Crash (CBS) Tribune Op-ed: Help the Pedway Live up to Its Potential With […]

Ald. Hopkins Kills Lincoln Yards Soccer Stadium Proposal, Calls for Open Space (Sun-Times) Suzana Mendoza Backs off “Lakefront Tax” Property Tax Idea (Crain’s) Could State-Owned Chinese Rail Company Hide Spy Cameras Inside CTA Cars? (Tribune) 2 Children Among 7 Injured in Ashburn Crash (Sun-Times) Logan Mega Mall Redevelopment Lands $20M Construction Permit (Curbed) Car Parking […]

Transit, Tollway, and Road Projects on the Agenda for 2019 (Tribune) Schlickman, Schwieterman & Savage Offer Transpo Predictions for 2019 (Herald) Higher Illinois Distracted Driving Fine, Dutch Reach Law Kicked in Yesterday (Tribune) Remembering the 6 People Who Died in Chicago Bike Crashes in 2018 (The Chainlink) CPD Seeks Hit-and-Run Driver Who Critically Injured Pedestrian […]